EAPG PRESSED GLASS ADMIRAL DEWEY PITCHER & TUMBLER NR!

Admiral Dewey Water Pitcher & Tumbler - Pebbled background with clear glass cameos of Dewey, the Battleship USS Olympia, cannons, flags, & four stacks of cannon balls and rope border. The body is filled with military motifs. Both pieces are in excellent condition with no chips or cracks.
Beatty-Brady Glass Co made this in Dunkirk Indiana, as a commemorationof Admiral Deweyâe(tm)s part in the Spanish-American War, in the 1890âe(tm)s. This crystal pitcher stands 9 inches in height; top opening is 5-Â¾ across at the spout, and 4 inches across the base. Nice historical glass piece that dates from 1898 to 1902.
Some history on Admiral Dewey:

Background. Born in Montpelier, Vermont, on 26 December 1837, George Dewey graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1858, and during the Civil War he served as a Union naval officer aboard the Mississippi, one of the ships under the command of Capt. (later admiral) David Farragut in the Battle of New Orleans in 1862. During the naval expansion of the 1880s and 1890s Dewey became chief of the Bureau of Equipment in 1889, president of the Lighthouse Board in 1893, and president of the Board of Inspection and Survey in 1895. The following year he was promoted to the rank of Commodore. In 1897 he assumed command of the Asiatic Squadron in the Pacific.

Naval Hero. Dewey was hailed as a national hero, and in March 1899 Congress created a new rank, Admiral of the Navy, especially for Dewey with the provision that he could choose to remain on active duty for the rest of his life or retire at full pay. When he returned to the United States in September 1899 he was honored with huge parades and other celebrations in New York and Washington, D.C., and the following April some Democrats began a campaign to win him their party âe(tm) s presidential nomination. Dewey, who had little interest in politics, briefly considered running but withdrew his name from consideration in mid May. From 1900 until his death on 11 January 1917, Dewey, as the highest ranking uniformed officer of the U.S. Navy, served as president of the General Board of the Navy.

Justifying the New Navy. Dewey âe(tm) s victory at Manila Bay justified, in the eyes of pronavy advocates, the seventeen-year program of building the New Navy, a fleet of modem steel, steam-powered warships. The short naval war with Spain gave immense confidence to the American people regarding the ability of the nation to be a power on the world scene, and at the same time it provided an argument for military readiness. Suddenly the United States had Pacific bases and had become a major power in the Far East.